What Does the Digital Media Minor Offer?
Career Options
The Digital Media Minor includes courses from the departments of Art, Communication Arts and Sciences, and Technical Communications and Media Production. This minor consists of 24 hrs, 6 of which must be upper division. The minor is designed to provide skills that will increase employment opportunities in the field of digital media communication. In addition to required core courses, students choose one of the following concentrations: motion media, interactive media, content design or still media. The motion media concentration deals with tv and corporate video production. Students in interactive media work with computer graphics, interactive applications and Web-based media production. The content design concentration focuses on the design of the message from the visual and written perspective. Still-media students explore with photography, photojournalism, and computer imaging. Courses that are recommended to fulfill the General Studies Level II Arts & Letters requirement are: ART 1040 or ART 2040 or LAS 2850. Students should contact an advisor to plan a course of study for their particular minor. If you have taken any one of the required courses as part of your major, you must substitute another course(s) in the minor for it.
Requirements
Listed below are requirements for the Digital Media Minor. See the Course Catalog for details about each course. Students interested in this minor should consult with an advisor in the Communication Arts & Sciences or Technical Communications departments.
If you have taken one of the required core courses below as part of your major, you must substitute another course in the minor for it. Courses will apply to either the major or the minor but not both. At least 6 semester hours must be upper division. Prerequisites may apply; see the college catalog for specific prerequisites.
In addition to the required core courses, students choose one of the following concentrations: Still Media, Motion Media, Interactive Media, or Content Design. Choose three courses from one of the four concentrations. To complete the requirements, choose an additional elective course from any of the concentrations, for a total of 24 semester hours for the minor.
Digital Media Minor
Required Core Courses (Semester Hours):
ART 1101 Two Dimensional Design (3)
ART 1531 Introduction to Digital Art and Design (3)
COM 2430 Introduction to Media Production (3)
JRN 1010 Introduction to Journalism and Mass Media (3)
Subtotal: 12 Semester Hours
Still Media Concentration (DMS)
Photography, Photojournalism, and Computer Imaging
Concentration Courses: Select three of the following:
ART 1271 Basic Photography Methods (3)
ART 2222 Visual Thinking (3)
ART 2237 Constructing the Digital Image (3)
JRN 2600 Introduction to Photojournalism (3)
JRN 3600 Photojournalism I (3)
JRN 4600 Photojournalism II (3)
JRN 4890 Social Documentary (3)
Subtotal: 9 Semester Hours
Additional Digital Media Elective from any of the concentrations (3)
Subtotal: 3 Semester Hours
Total Semester Hours Required for Still Media Concentration: 24 Semester Hours
Motion Media Concentration (DMM)
Television and Corporate Video Production
Concentration Courses: Select three of the following:
ART 3235 Video Art (3)
COM 2400 Basic Nonlinear Video Editing (3)
COM 3400 Intermediate Nonlinear Video Editing (3)
COM 4401 Advanced Nonlinear Video Editing (3)
COM 2420 Basic Single Camera Video Production (3)
COM 3420 Intermediate Single Camera Video Production (3)
COM 4420 Advanced Single Camera Video Production (3)
COM 4430 Lighting and Directing for Video (3)
COM 4480 Motion Graphics for Video (3)
SPE 3430 Radio-Television Announcing (3)
SPE 3440 Television Production (3)
SPE 4440 Advanced Television Production (3)
Subtotal: 9 Semester Hours
Additional Digital Media Elective from any of the concentrations (3)
Subtotal: 3 Semester Hours
Total Semester Hours Required for Motion Media Concentration: 24 Semester Hours
Interactive Media Concentration (DMI)
Computer Graphics, Interactive Applications, and Web-Based Media Production
Concentration Courses: Select three of the following:
ART 2237 Constructing the Digital Image (3)
ART 3235 Video Art (3)
ART 3631 Interactive Multimedia Art (3)
ART 3635 Web Art I (3)
COM 2450 Basic Multimedia Production (3)
COM 2470 Basic DVD Authoring (3)
COM 2480 Introduction to Computer Animation (3)
COM 3450 Intermediate Multimedia/Web Production (3)
COM 4450 Advanced Multimedia/DVD Production (3)
Subtotal: 9 Semester Hours
Additional Digital Media Elective from any of the concentrations (3)
Subtotal: 3 Semester Hours
Total Semester Hours Required for Interactive Media Concentration: 24 Semester Hours
Content Design Concentration (DMC)
Design of the Message from the Visual and Written Perspective
Concentration Courses: Select three of the following:
COM 2800 Introduction to Audio Production (3)
COM 3440 Corporate Scriptwriting for Film & TV (3)
COM 3470 Writing for Interactive Multimedia (3)
COM 3570 Technology-Based Training (3)
COM 3630 Designing Technical Publications (3)
JRN 1100 Beginning Reporting (3)
JRN 1200 Beginning Editing (3)
SPE 4450 Broadcast Journalism: Television (3)
Subtotal: 9 Semester Hours
Additional Digital Media Elective from any of the concentrations (3)
Subtotal: 3 Semester Hours
Total Semester Hours Required for Content Design Concentration: 24 Semester Hours
General Studies Recommendations: Arts & Letters
ART 1500 Art Appreciation Survey (3)
ART 2100 Integrated Approach to Art and Music (3)
LAS 2850 Introduction to Cinema Studies (3)
* Course has a prerequisite outside the concentration.
Note: at least 6 semester hours must be upper division.
